Project Gutenberg 2006-12-26 Public domain in the USA. 131 Blore, George Henry 1870 1960 21006261 Victorian worthies : $b sixteen biographies Reading ease score: 62.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Introduction: The Victorian era -- Thomas Carlyle, prophet -- Sir Robert Peel, statesman -- Sir Charles Napier, soldier -- The Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist -- Lord Lawrence, administrator -- John Bright, tribune -- Charles Dickens, novelist and social reformer -- Lord Tennyson, poet -- Charles Kingsley, parish priest -- George Frederick Watts, artist -- Bishop Patteson, missionary -- Sir Robert Morier, diplomatist -- Lord Lister, surgeon -- William Morris, craftsman -- John Richard Green, historian -- Cecil Rhodes, colonist -- Index. E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Victorian Worthies: Sixteen Biographies" by George Henry Blore is a collection of biographical sketches written in the early 20th century. The book presents profiles of significant figures from the Victorian era, including influential statesmen, artists, and social reformers, aimed primarily at educating schoolboys about these historical personalities and their contributions to society. The opening of the work provides an introduction to the Victorian era's character and significance, setting the stage for the subsequent biographies. Blore emphasizes the importance of understanding the lives of notable individuals who shaped history, highlighting their virtues and the impact they had on the world. He outlines his intentions for the collection, noting that it serves as a supplement to a broader civics education, illustrating the spirit of public service through concrete examples. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Biography Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Biography Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century CT Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British 899816 899697 2024-10-09T04:26:26.320028 2023-09-09T07:13:00.226207 text/html text/html 875128 2006-12-26T17:04:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 835015 2021-01-01T16:43:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 957772 2024-10-09T04:26:44.742935 application/epub+zip 968645 2024-10-09T04:26:32.180992 application/epub+zip 407977 2024-10-09T04:26:29.707070 application/epub+zip 1314644 2024-10-09T04:26:53.053022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1208113 2024-10-09T04:26:42.103954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 647175 2022-09-09T13:21:14.963387 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 748256 748215 2024-10-09T04:26:24.409032 2023-09-09T07:12:58.370214 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 747931 2021-01-01T16:43:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 294216 2021-01-01T16:43:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 747949 2021-01-01T16:43:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 294121 2021-01-01T16:43:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22128 2024-10-09T04:26:53.213896 application/rdf+xml 15594 2024-10-09T04:26:30.375029 image/jpeg 3772 2024-10-09T04:26:30.045001 image/jpeg 922559 2024-10-09T04:26:26.427032 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog